Every time a person smokes a cigarette, he contaminates his blood, tissues, and cells with many hazardous chemicals. Cigarette smoke consists of various dangerous chemicals that are harmful to the human body and most of them are known to be carcinogenic. A cigarette is made up of finely powdered tobacco rolled in a paper and […]
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Organisms that cannot be seen through our naked eyes are called microorganisms. Microorganisms are also called microbes. We require special devices like microscopes to see them. Microbes are present everywhere from soil to deep water to icebergs to space. Microbes are responsible for balancing the ecosystem on the Earth. Some help in fermentation, providing nutrients
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Muscle strain is a condition of excessive stretching or tearing of muscle or tendons(tissue that connects muscle to bone). The two common reasons for muscle strain are either the muscles are stretched beyond their limits or they are under the force to contract too strongly. In normal cases, only a few muscle fibers stretched and
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Android is a mobile operating system that is found in a majority of touch screen smartphones and tablet devices.As of Feb 2021, 71.9% of the world’s smartphones are embedded with the Android operating system followed by Apple’s iOS and Samsung with the percentage share of 27.33% and 0.39% respectively. According to Wikipedia, there are more
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Reverse osmosis is a technique to purify water by separating contaminants like particles, chlorine, germs, salts etc using a semi permeable membrane. Have you ever thought about how water is purified? A packaged water bottle contains purified water that goes through various processes to make it suitable for drinking. The various process involves filtration, reverses
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Microprocessors and microcontrollers are the brains of digital electronic systems. A microprocessor is the brain of the computer and a microcontroller is the brain of embedded systems. The main difference between them is their architecture and area of applications, both are powerful processors of digital data and vital parts of modern electronic devices. Table of
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The solar system is a planetary system that is made up of stars, planets, and other small bodies. All these are bounded by the gravitational force. Our planetary system named Solar System is located in an outer spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. The solar system is vast (although negligible compared to the entire
A fuel cell is a battery-like device that produces electricity from the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and the oxygen atom. It can produce electric power ranging from a few Watts to MegaWatts and has an efficiency ranging from 40 to 60% depending on the type of fuel cell technology used. Fuel cells are one of
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We have traveled in trains many times but at a speed not exceeding 150 kmph. The trains we travel usually move on wheels due to the thrust generated by the friction between the wheels and the tracks. Even fast trains like bullet trains move on wheels and can attain top speeds ranging between 350 to
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